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POINTS OF INTEREST. 



BY GEO. F. BACON. 




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CONCORD, N. H. 

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CONCORD COMMERCIAL CLUB. 
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INTRODUCTORY. 



The history of Concord as a city dates from 1853, for it was on 
the tenth of March in that year that the city charter was adopted, it 
,^ — having been granted July 6, 1849, and rejected three times by popu- 

lar vote, finally being accepted by a majority of 269 in a total vote of 1387. 
The history of the parish and town is of deep interest but does not properly 
come within the scope of the present work, which deals especially with the 
Concord of today and may be considered as a sort of appendix to the com- 
plete, authoritative and admirable history of Concord from 1725 to 1853, written by the Rev. Nathaniel 
Bouton and published in 1856. This is a standard work whose value steadily increases with the 
passage of time, and we wish here to express our obligations to it for many of the facts presented in 
^he introductory sketch, which by summarizing Concord's development in the past may lead to a more 
-complete understanding of her^ probable growth in the future. The '-History of Merrimack and 
Belknap Counties," published by J. W. Lewis & Co., of Philadelphia, in 1885, has also been of great 
service by reason of its clear presentation of facts concerning Concord's later history, and it is to be 
regretted that the necessarily high cost of that handsomely and substantially gotten up volume of 
■nearly 1000 pages should prevent a copy of it from being owned by every family in the large and 
important section of which it treats so interestingly and accurately. 



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THE KIRST SETTLEMENT. 

"Where once tlie savage Penacook 
Took deadly aim at beast and bird, 
And all the silent valley heard 
His whizzing arrow, where to-day 
Wliistles the engine on its way." 

The first settlers of New England found it inhabited by five distinct Indian nations, among these- 
being the Pawtucketts, concerning whom Daniel Gookin wrote in 1674 as follows : "Their country- 
lieth north and northeast from the Massachusetts, whose dominion reaches so far as the English 
jurisdiction or colony of the Massachusetts doth now extend ; and had under theiu several othei- 
smaller sagamores ; as the Pennakooks, Agowaraes, Naamkeeks, Pascataways, Accomintas, and others. 
They were a considerable people heretofore, about three thousand men, and held amity with the- 
people of Massachusetts. But they were almost totally destroyed by the great sickness that prevailed 
among the Indians, so that at this day they are not above two hundred and fifty men, beside women 
and children. This country is now inhabited by the English, under the government of Massachusetts."" 

Tlie " Pennakooks," or Penacooks, to use the accepted style of spelling, occupied the tract of land 
on which Concord is located, and are said to have taken their name from the erratic course pursued by 
the Merrimack river in flowing through the township, Penacook meaning " the crooked place." When. 
first known to the English their chief was Passaconaway, who had a great reputation as a sorcerer, 
and was credited with the ability to turn water into ice in the heat of summer and do many other 
wonderful things. In spite of the superstitious awe with which he was regarded, even by the English,, 
he foresaw that armed opposition to them would result in the ruin of his people, and hence was as 
friendly as circumstances would allow. Passaconaway was induced to embrace Christianity by the 
apostle Eliot, in 1(348, and when the great chief died some twenty years later, at the age of more than 
one hundred, his farewell command to his son Wonolancet, who succeeded him in the leadership of the 
Penacooks, was, "Never be enemies to the English ; but love them and love their God also, because 
the God of the English is the true God and greater than the Indian gods." This command was- 
faithfully obeyed, for although Wonolancet suffered many privations and finally lost all his property 
by reason of unjust suspicions, he never injured the English by word or deed, but on the contrary 
interposed several times to save them from attack. 

The last sagamore of the Penacooks was Kancamagus, a grandson of Passaconaway, but totally 
unlike him in character. Kancamagus was concerned in the attack upon Dover, in 1689, and was- 
among the six "eastern Indian enemy, sagamores" who signed a treaty of peace with the Massachu- 
setts government, November 29, 1690. The power of the Penacooks as a tribe was then at an end,, 
and such as were hostile to the English joined other tribes, the rest remaining in the vicinity of 
Penacook and rendering valuable aid to the early settlers by supplying them with food in winter and 
doing them other services. 

The first petition for a grant of land in "a place which is called Pennecooke," was presented in 
1659, but this and several others which followed amounted to nothing, for although the grants were 
made they were forfeited on account of breach of conditions, and it was not until June 17, 1725, that 
the decisive petition was presented to the authorities of Massachusetts Bay Province. This was- 
granted January 17, the petitioners being given a tract "to contain seven miles square" upon certain 
conditions, among which were the building of a meeting-house within three years, the cutting of a 
road through the wilderness to the plantation, and the division of the land into one hundred and three 
equal parts or shares, of which one hundred were to be given to one hundred desirable persons or 
families on the payment of five pounds for each lot, the remaining three shares being reserved : one 
for the first settled minister, one for a parsonage, and one for the use of the school forever. 

The land having been duly surveyed and apportioned to the settlers, they set actively to work to- 
fulfill the other conditions and by 1728 had erected a meeting-house and made arrangements for 



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building a saw mill, a grist mill, and for establishing a ferry. In 1730 the proprietors petitioned the 
"General Court to be given the rights and privileges of a town, but the result was not altogether 
satisfactory, and in December, 1732, another petition was presented, by the granting of which the 
inhabitants of Penacook were enabled to hold legal meetings for the choice of officers and the raising 
•of money for town purposes. But the General Court appointed the moderator of these meetings and 
it was not until February 27, 1733, that the bill was passed which made the plantation of Penacook 
the town of Rumford. Why this name was chosen is not definitely known, but probably it was 
because some of the proprietors came from the English parish of that title. In 1740 the town was 
greatly excited by the terms of the settlement of the long-disputed question as to the division line 
between Massachusetts and New Hampshire, for the decision arrived at had the eifect of placing 
Rumford under New Hampshire's jurisdiction, whereas both sentimental and practical considerations 
attached the townspeople to the Massachusetts government. Every effort was made to bring about 




The Meehimack River from Blupb's. 



5i'continuance of the existing condition of affairs, but without avail, and the passage of what was called 
the "District Act" by New Hampshire, made Rumford a district and subjected her to the indignity 
and expense of taxation without representation. 

From 1742 to 1754 Indian warfare very seriously interfered with the development of New 
England frontier settlements, and before these troubles were over Rumford became involved in legal 
-complications with the town of Bow, so that between the two opposing forces her very existence was 
imperilled. The tract of land granted by Massachusetts in 1725 was covered in part by a grant made 
by New Hampshire in 1727, this latter grant conveying eighty-one square miles of territory to one 
hundred and seven proprietors and their associates and forming " a town corporate by the name of 
Bow." In November, 1 750, an action of ejectment was brought against Dea. John Merrill, one of the 
Rumford proprietors, by the Bow proprietors, this being the first of a series of similar actions against 
■different parties. The Rumford proprietors combined to defend these suits, but every case brought to 
trial in New Hampshire was decided against them, and only a firm belief in the justice of their cause 
gave ihem faith to continue the apparently hopeless struggle. Agents were sent to England to present 



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the points at issue before His Majesty in Council, and the result was that the adverse judgment wa» 
reversed and the position of the Rumford proprietors endorsed. This was in 1762, but it was not 
until 1772 that the controversy was finally terminated. 

In May, 1705, the "parish of Concord" was created, the name being given in commemoration or 
the " concord " of action which had characterized the residents of Penacook and Rumford from the 
very beginning. The territory was known as a parish until January, 17P4, when a small portion of" 
Canterbury and London was annexed, and it was "enacted that the parish of Concord be henceforth 
called the town of Concord, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding." 

The town steadily grew and prospered, and in 1790 had become of such importance that it became- 
neces<.ary to provide a house for the accommodation of the General Court, and the sum of five hundred 
and fifty-five dollars was raised by private subscription, one hundred pounds additional being afterward 
appropriated by the town for the purpose. The structure was known as the Town House and was- 
utilized by the General Court until the completion of the State House in 1819, which year is also 
memorable as the date of the appearance of the first steamboat on the river at Concord. It was- 
designed to tow loaded boats up the river but lacked the power necessary to overcome the rapids and 
hence the company by whom it was controlled had to depend upon the primitive methods of sails^ 
oars, and "setting-poles." The first boat arrived at Concord in the fall of 1814, but it carried only a. 
small cargo as the river-locks were not then completed. The first boat, with regular freight from. 
Boston to Concord, through the Middlesex Canal, arrived June 23, 1815. The rates for freight from. 
Boston to Concord during the first four years, were $12 per ton of 2,240 pounds ; the rate from, 
Concord to Boston being $8 for the same weight. The charges were gradually reduced and in 1841-42- 
had fallen to $4 per ton of 2,000 pounds, whether carried up or down the river. The largest business- 
done in any one year was in 1839, the receipts being $38,169. The average receipts were about 
$25,000 per annum, the company doing a very profitable business until the opening of the Concord 
railroad in the fall of 1842. 

The first train from Boston to Concord arrived at quarter of seven, Tuesday evening, September- 
sixth, and consisted of three passenger cars drawn by the " Amoskeag." Such an arrival was an event 
indeed, and the whole town turned out to honor the occasion. Amid shouting, cheering and the- 
thunder of cannon the train came to a stop, and when it was announced that such as could be accom- 
modated would be given a " free ride," a tremendous rush was made and every available inch of 
sitting and standing room was occupied. A regular service of two passenger trains per day was. 
inaugurated, and the following week three trains per day were run. 

The first omnibus to run in Concord was owned by George Dame, of the Pavilion Hotel, and 
began its trips between the north end of Main street and the depot in 1852. It was gorgeously 
painted and upon the panels were views of the State House, depot and Main street, and a likeness of 
Franklin Pierce. 

By this time Concord had become a wealthy and populous town, the United States census of 1850' 
giving the valuation of real estate as $3,015,286, and of personal estate as $573,624, making a total 
valuation of $3,588,910. The population was 8,584, having increased to that figure from 4,903 in 1840^ 
Although many disliked to abandon the system of government which had served so well in the past^, 
the great number of voters rendered some change imperative, and the popular conviction of this fact 
finally overcame all opposition and secured the adoption of a city charter, March 10, 1853. The first 
election under this charter occurred March 26, 1853, but no choice of mayor was made, there being 
three candidates and the most popular receiving twenty-one less votes than his two opponents. At a. 
second election, held April 5th, he was elected by 192 majority out of a total vote of 1,466, and th& 
following day the city government was formally organized by the induction to office of the mayor- 
elect and the two branches of the city council, the following gentlemen having been chosen : 

Mayor — Joseph Low. 

Aldermen — Ward 1, John Batchelder ; ward 2, John L. Tallant ; ward 3, Joseph Eastman;, 
ward 4, Robert Davis ; ward 5, Edson Hill ; ward 6, Matthew Harvey ; ward 7, Josiah Stevens. 

Common Council — Ward 1, Jeremiah S. Durgin, Eben F. Elliot; ward 2, Samuel B. Larkin,. 
Heman Sanborn ; ward 3, George W. Biown, Moses Humphrey ; ward 4, Ezra Carter, George Minot ; 
ward 5, William H. H. Bailey, Cyrus Barton ; ward 6, Ebenezer G. Moore, Thomas Bailey ; ward 7» 
Moses Sluite, Giles W. Oidw.Tv. 



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And now, having sketched Concord's history from the time when the territory was but a savage 
-wilderness until it became Penacook Plantation, Rumford town, Rumfonl district. Concord parish, 
Concord town, and finally Concord city, let us proceed without further preface to a consideration of 
the Concord of to-day, and see how far it has fulfilled the hopes of its founders and what are the 
opportunities held out to the manufacturer, the merchant, the workingman and all the members of 
that wonderfullv intricate and interdependent body known as " society." 



THE CONCORD OK TO=DAY. 

' ' Suc}i Concord is ! but who may see 
A vision of the town to be?" 

Concord is located in the southern central part of Merrimack County, and is bounded on the 
north by Webster, Boscawen, and Canterbury ; on the east by London, Chichester, and Pembroke ; 
on the south by Pembroke and Bow; on the west by Dunbarton and Hopkinton. 

It is the capital of the State of New Hampshire and the county-seat of Merrimack County, and is 
also a very important manufacturing and mercantile centre; its representative products being well and 
favorably known throughout the United States and in many foreign countries, while the enterprise and the 
advantages of position possessed by Concord merchants have made the city the purchasing centre for 
all the country adjacent. Many of its products are shipped to Boston for export and for domestic 
distribution, that city being but seventy miles distant, and the railway facilities for the transportation 
of freight and passengers being excellent. Concord is directly on the line of communication between 
the representative industrial and commercial centres of the East and the important and rapidly 
developing market in the great Northwest, and the remarkable prosperity of the city's manufacturing 
enterprises during the past five years, affords an indication of what may reasonably be expected in 
the near future, and has had the effect of calling the attention of capitalists and practical manufact- 
urers to the opportunities here presented for the profitable establishment of extensive manufacturing 
plants. In spite of the immense amount of water power now in use in Concord, there are undeveloped 
privileges having sufficient capacity to supply power for the driving of machinery, the direction of 
which would necessitate the employment of thousands of operatives ; and it may be added that the 
policy of the city concerning the establishment of new industries is very liberal, and will be referred 
to more in detail under the head of " The Commercial and Industrial Outlook." 

By the United States census of 1880, Merrimack County is given a population of 46,300, that of 
Concord being stated as 13,845. The valuation of the county, April 1, 1879, was §24,882,550, and the 
valuation of the city the same year was $10,604,465. 

The census of 1890 will show a very marked increase over these figures, especially those relating 
particularly to Concord, for the growth of that city is very steady and permanent, as the great majority 
of those who take up their abode within its limits "come to stay," all the conditions being favorable 
to the development of an intelligent, public-spirited, and law-abiding population. 

The opportunities for remunerative employment are many and varied, and the cost of living is 
moderate, especially when the industrial, mercantile, educational, and social advantages available are 
taken into consideration. Houses and tenements may be rented at reasonable rates, the most of them 
being in excellent condition and having pleasant, healthful, and convenient locations. During the 
past three years more than one hundred and seventy houses have been erected, including several 
palatial private residences, but the constant growth of the city creates a steady demand for desirable 
tenements, and those built to rent at from $8 to $14 per month are especially popular and prove a 
very safe and profitable investment. 

The stores of the city are generally large, well lighted, finely equipped, and neat and attractive 
in appearance within and without, but what is of more interest to purchasers is the fact that 



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unsurpassed advantages are offered to retail and wholesale buyers. The markets contain a full 
assortment of seasonable food products at all times of the year, and in the line of country produce 
offer inducements which very few cities can parallel, for Concord is in the midst of a region which 
produces an abundant supply of vegetables, fruits, grains, eggs, butter, cheese, etc., and under 
existing arrangements these commodities are furnished to consumers in a very fresh and appetizing 
condition. Wood and coal are obtainable at reasonable rates, the former coming from the surround- 
ing country, which also supplies large quantities of hay, corn and feed in general, much of the 
money received for these and other products being paid out to Concord merchants for farming tools, 
hardware, clothing, dry goods and the many other commodities they are prepared to furnish at 
especially favorable rates. An extensive wholesale trade is also carried on, as the country merchants 
for miles around obtain the bulk of their supplies in this city. 




The State Capitol Building at Concord. 



EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES. 

Under existing conditions a good common school education is practically indispensable to success 
in business life, and the excellent opportunities Concord offers for obtaining such, deserve prominent 
mention in even a brief summary of the advantages of the city as a place of residence. It is true 
that many men have won distinction as inventors, as manufacturers, or as merchants, in spite of an 
almost total lack of early educational advantages, but they were enabled to do so by the possession 
of great natural ability, indomitable perseverance and the favoring conditions which prevailed before 
competition had raised the standard in every field of effort and materially narrowed the chances for 
individual success. Parents owe it to their children to see that they are equipped at all points for the 
struggle of life, and a good general education is of no less importance than sound health and sound 
morals. It is the fashion of the day to judge schools by the practical results they attain, and not by 
the claims they make or the magnitude of the field they essay to cover, and certainly the results 
attained by the Concord schools justify us in giving them a leading place among New England 
educational institutions. The graduates of the grammar schools have a good, sound English 
education, fitting them to take places in offices, stores, and factories, with minds prepared to receive 
knowledge relating to the special duties they have entered upon ; to reason logically, and in short to gain 



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that practical education to which a school education is merely preparatory. The high school 
graduates who enter colleges, or other institutions of learning, make records and assume positions in their 
classes which conclusively prove that their preparatory training has been intelligent, faithful, and 
valuable. "By their fruits ye shall know them," and the knowledge the citizens of Concord possess 
•of what their schools have done and are doing, compensates them for their liberal expenditure of time 
and money for their support. 

The pioneer school of Concord was established in 1731, its support being assumed by the town in 
1733. For more than thirty years it was kept in four sections of the town — East Concord, West 
Concord, Hopkinton road and Main street — but after 1766 a winter school was maintained at each of 
these places. The first school house was built in 1742, and at the beginning of the Nineteenth 
century there were about nine school houses in the town's possession. These were all small and rude 
structures, and no better method could be devised to gain an adequate idea of the enormous increase 
in the wealth and culture of the community since their erection, than to compare the best of them 
with the poorest school building Concord has to-day. 

In 1807 the town was divided into sixteen school districts, and in 1818 the first visiting 
committee was appointed ; but the act which had by far the most beneficial effect upon local schools 
was the establishment of the Union School District, in 1853, for from that date the improvement in 
schools, school buildings and systems of instruction and supervision has been rapid and continuous. 
A Board of Education was appointed in 1859, nine representative citizens, elected September tenth of 
that year, constituting it. As the population of city increased and the questions to be considered 
multiplied in number and importance, the duties of the Board became too exacting to be performed 
satisfactorily under existing arrangements, and the result was the passage, in 1874, of an act 
authorizing the appointment of a Superintendent of Schools. The original incumbent was Daniel C. 
Allen, and he and his successors deserve a good share of the credit for the marked improvement in 
the efficiency of the school system which has since been brought about. 

During the years 1888 and 1889 the city expended about $140,000 for new school buildings, the 
High, Franklin, and Kimball school houses being erected during that period. These are model 
structures for the purposes for which they are utilized, both in design and construction, being 
<5ommo"dious, excellently lighted and heated, thoroughly ventilated and very conveniently arranged. 
Other school buildings are the Tahanto, Walker, Chandler, Rumford, and Bow Brook. The Tahanto 
and Walker houses have recently been thoroughly renovated and equipped with improved ventilating 
appliances, and it is within the bounds of truth to say that, taken as a whole, the school buildings 
of Concord will now compare favorably, as regards heathfulness and convenience, with those of any 
•other New England city. 

Liberal appropriations are regularly made for the support of the school system ; there is none of 
that overcrowding so common in most of the larger cities, but every child of suitable age is given 
abundant opportunity to gain a good education under favorable conditions, and is supplied with all 
necessary text books free of expense. 

There are various private schools in the city, prominent among them being St. Mary's day and 
boarding school for young ladies, but by far the most important of these institutions is St. Paul's 
School, which, like St. Mary's, is conducted under the auspices of the Episcopal church. This is one 
•of the best-known church classical schools in the world, for although of recent origin when compared 
with other famous institutions of a similar character, its management has been such as to have given 
it wide and honorable celebrity, and to have rendered frequent and extensive enlargement of its 
facilities absolutely necessary. 

The school is located at Millville — a suburb of Concord — and is about two miles from the centre 
•of the city, on the borders of a pretty little lake, in a beautiful valley with high hills on every side. 
The institution was founded by George Cheyne Shattuck, M. D., a wealthy resident of Boston, and 
the original school building was the country-seat of the founder. The school was first opened in 1856, 
and this building continued to be used for school purposes until its destruction by fire in 1878. It was 
replaced by a structure known as "The School," and pronounced by expert judges to be one of the 
most complete buildings of the kind to be found in the country. Long before this, however, it had 



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become necessary to provide greatly increased accommodations, and these were furnished by the 
erection of the " Upper School," a handsome three-story granite building built in 1S69 ; the "Lower 
School," in 1870 ; the Rectory, in 1871 ; a large school house, in 1873, and the Infirmary or Sanita- 
rium, in 1877. The school opened in 1856 with five pupils ; there are now nearly two hundred and 
fifty, and so anxious are some parents that their sons should profit by the advantages here offered, 
that they enter their names five and six years before they are old enough to be admitted. As the 
Reverend Hall Harrison has said, in writing of the institution, after eulogizing the personal 
characteristics and paying tribute to the efliciency of the methods pursued by those having its. 
interests in charge : 

" But after making all due allowance for these personal qualifications, which it might indeed be 
difiicult to replace, it is quite certain that if anything like the wise judgment and unselfish labor of 
the past quarter of a century shall mark the administration of Dr. Colt's successors, St. Paul's, 




Government Building, Concord. 



Concord, will more and more take a leading rank among those noted places of education which 
after all, are the true glory of our country, because they are the best security that we have for 
the cultivation of those virtues which lie at the foundation of the safety, honor, and welfare of our 
people." 

The complete course of study covers seven years, and students are prepared to enter the 
freshman and sophomore classes of any American college, but many enter business life directly from 
this institution. 

Schools and libraries are closely related, and in the Fowler Free Libi-ary Concord has an 
institution of which she may well feel proud, and which is destined to increase steadily in value and' 
importance. The building was erected by William P. and Clara M. Fowler, in memory of their 
parents, and was dedicated in 1889. It is a handsome and substantial structure and is sufliciently- 
commodious to provide for all probable demands upon its facilities for a long time to come. The- 
several Shakespeare clubs of the city have a fine room allotted to them in this building. 

There are a number of excellent private and semi-private libraries in Concord, the most 
important of them being that of the New Hampshire Historical Society, which was formed at 



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Portsmouth in 1823, for the purpose of discovering, procuring, and preserving matter relating to the 
natural, civil, literary, and ecclesiastical history of the United States in general, and the State of New- 
Hampshire in particular. The society celebrated its semi-centennial anniversary May 22, 1873, a. 
feature of the occasion being the dedication of its newly fitted-up building. There have been som& 
ten volumes of valuable historical matter published by this association, whose library now comprise* 
about 9,000 volumes, more than 12,000 pamphlets, over 100,000 newspapers, an extensive and 
valuable collection of manuscripts, together with many ancient and curious articles, some of which 
are associated with the most noted personages and decisive events in American history. 

THE PRESS. 

The newspaper press of Concord comprises two dailies and three weeklies ; the former being the 
Concord Monitor and the People and Patriot ; the latter the Indepindent Statesman, People and 
Patriot, and Concord Tribune. The 3Ionitor has the distinction of being the first permanent daily 
paper established in Concord, for although a number of efforts had previously been made in this- 
direction all had ultimately failed. The Monitor made its initial appearance May 23, 1864, the 
publishers being Cogswell and Sturtevant. At that time the attention of the Northern people was of 
course concentrated upon the actions and fortunes of their soldiers in the South, and as the Monitor 
not only published full telegraphic reports but made a specialty of news concerning New Hampshire 
troops in the field, it made an instant and decided "hit." But the expenses of publication were heavy, 
and as no part of the subscribed guaranty fund of $3,000 was ever turned over to the publishers (who 
had contracted to print and publish the paper at a fixed compensation, without editorial responsibility),, 
and as a large sum was owing to them, the paper and its accounts were given to them in part payment 
of their claim. This was in August, 1865, and Cogswell & Sturtevant continued the editorial and 
business management of the Monitor until January 2, 1867, when the Mo7iitor and Independent 
Democrat offices were combined and the "Independent Press Association" formed. The "Republican 
Press Association" was organized October 1, 1871, and purchased the papers and the business of the 
Independent Association and of the Eepublican Statesmen, merging the two enterprises into one. 
From this time the 3Ionitor has been solidly and steadily prosperous ; it has been enlarged several 
times, is constantly gaining in circulation, advertising patronage and influence, and is a "monitor" 
whose admonitions concerning municipal affairs are worthy of the most respectful consideration, and 
have saved tax payers many a dollar and wisely guided the expending of many more. 

The Peo2jle and Patriot was established by the Democratic Press Association in 1885, and ha» 
since very ably represented the principles of the democratic party as applied to municipal, state and 
national politics. Although the paper as now published is of comparatively recent origin, a full 
account of what may be called its pre-natal history would have to go back nearly half a century to 
trace its origin, for the first number of the Dally Patriot was issued June 2, 1841. The first 
prospectus for a daily paper in Concord was sent out by William P. and John M. Hill, in May, 1841, 
but the first number of their paper, Hiirs Daily Patriot, did not appear until June third — one day 
later than the appearance of the Daily Patriot, which was published by Barton & Carroll. Both 
these papers were issued only during the sessions of the Legislature, and HiWs Daily Patriot 
suspended publication at the close of the second volume, in 1842. The publication of the Daily 
Patriot steadily continued in spite of various changes in ownership, and January 3, 1868, it began to 
be issued regularly throughout the year, so continuing until November 1, 1877, when it was stopped. 

Charles C. Pearson & Co. had commenced the publication of a legislative paper, called the Daily 
People, in June, 1870, and it was continued until the completion of the ninth volume, in 1878. The 
following year Mr. Pearson began the publication of the People and Patriot, issuing it daily during 
the legislative session of 1879. December first of that year he resumed its publication, sending out 
six issues a week, and September 3, 1881, the enterprise was abandoned, but as before stated was 
revived by the Democratic Press Association in 1885. The People and Patriot now has a large 
circulation and a good amount of advertising patronage, fairly sharing honors with the Monitor. 
Both papers are ably conducted and although looking at many things from different points of view. 



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both unquestionably have the best interests of the city, state and nation at heart. The People and 
Patriot publishes a weekly edition and one is also issued from the Monitor oiBce, known as the 
Independent Statesman ; these have an especially large out-of-town circulation. Another weekly is 
the Concord Iribnne, the successor of the Weekly Blade, which succeeded the Concord Daily Blade, 
established September 1, 1880. The Tribune occupies a field of its own and appeals successfully to 
the support of a large and important class of readers. 



THE WATER SUPPLY. 

The water supply of a city has so important a bearing upon its healthfulness, upon the cost of 
manufacturing, and upon the probable fire losses and consequently the insurance rates, that there is 
no other single advantage offered by Concord as a city to live and do business in, which will outweigh 
its magnificent water service. "Magnificent" is a pretentious word and may perhaps be legitimately 
■objected to from a literary point of view when used in this connection, but it seems to describe, as no 
•other word can, a service which, although not perfect, is doubtless as nearly so as that enjoyed by any 
New England city. Concord has expended about half a million of dollars on her water works, and the 
system is so arranged as to enable a heavy increase in the present consumption to be provided for at 
comparatively small cost. 

The great fire of 1851 caused an awakening of the people to the imperative need of an additional 
water supply, and earnest efforts were made to provide such, but little or no progi-ess was made, for 
all available money was needed in the development of private business interests, and the people 
objected strongly to material increase in the rate of taxation. Finally a committee was appointed to 
investigate the matter, and in a report dated December 16, 1859, it is stated : 

"Our population is at present supplied in part from wells and in part by several aqueduct 
oompanies, the two principal of which are the 'Torrent Aqueduct Association' and that of Nathaniel 
White. In addition to these are several others of more limited capacities, each supplying from one 
or two to forty families." 

The Committee examined five different sources of supply, comprising Merrimack River, Horse- 
shoe Pond, Ash Brook, Little Pond, and Long Pond, and very wisely gave their preference to the last 
on the list, summarizing its advantages and the attending conditions as follows : " Long Pond is 
distant three and one-half miles from the State House, has an area of two hundred and sixty-five 
acres, and is, in some places, seventy-five feet deep. Several small brooks enter it, but it is fed 
principally by springs. The land about it is of a granite formation, and rises pretty rapidly to a 
beight of from three hundred to four hundred feet, and is mostly cleared. The Pond is surrounded 
by a water-shed of some 3,000 acres in extent. Its bottom is of white sand, overstrewn with granite 
boulders, and is free from sediment and aquatic weeds. There are no boggy meadows on its shores. 
Its water is soft, pure, perfectly transparent, and abundant in quantity." 

Although issued thirty years and more ago, this report is a faithful description of the Long Pond, 
or rather the "Lake Penacook " of to-day, for no changes have occurred such as would exert a 
oontaininating influence on the water. The outbreak of the Rebellion put aside all thoughts of 
expensive local improvements, and for some years after its close no decisive steps were taken 
ooncerning the water supply, but at a mass meeting of citizens held October 1, 1870, it was 

" -Resolved, that the safety, health, prosperity, and growth of our city absolutely demand a greater 
and better supply of water than it now has." ; 

A committee was appointed to vigorously push the matter, and in August, 1871, they reported 
that they had obtained from the Legislature " An Act to authorize the city of Concord to establish 
water-works in said city." A Board of Water Commissioners was appointed in January, 1872, and 
the work of preparation and construction was very vigorously pushed. The right to draw water 
from the pond was bought of the owners of the water power at West Concord, for $60,000, and 
contracts were made with the American Gas and Water Pipe Company for the construction of the 
main line, distributing branches, and the furnishing and setting up of gates, hydrants, elc, at a total 



CONCORD AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 



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cost of about $144,000. The stock of the Torrent Aqueduct Association, and the water rights of 
Nathaniel White were bought for $20,000, and a little more than $16,000 was paid for other rights 
and for land damages. The contractors put a large force to work and hurried matters along so- 
successfully that water was admitted to the pipes only eight months after the beginning of operations, 
or January 14, 1873. 

Although done hurriedly, the work was done very thoroughly and has given excellent satisfaction 
from the first. In fact its very perfection soon made an extension of the delivery facilities imperative, 
for as the knowledge of the convenience and reliability of the service became more general, there 
was a constantly growing demand for water and the consumption reached a point where the fourtecD 
inch main was unable to supply an adequate amount to the higher portions of the territory covered. 
The result was the laying of a second main, eighteen inches in diameter ; the work being completed 
in the summer of 1882, the total construction account being thus brought up to $492,000. 




CoNCOKD FROM State House Cupola, looking South. 



Improvements have been made from time to time as circumstances required, and nearly every 
dwelling in the city is now supplied with an abundance of pure water, it having a good "head" in 
the pipes, as Penacook Lake is one hundred and twenty feet above Main street in front of the 
State House. 

THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS. 

A city having suuh a water service should have a fire department to correspond, and certainly 
Concord pursues a consistent policy in the matter, her fire department being as efficient as any in the 
State. Its mechanical equipment is generally modern in style and is liaMdle<l by some two hundred 
trained firemen, who know their business and are commendably prompt and fearless in the discharge 
of their duty. On many occasions they have shown their ability to cope with all ordinary conflagra- 
tions, and although, in the light of recent experiences at Lynn and Boston, it would be presumptuous 
to claim that a disastrous fire in Concord is impossible, still it should be remembered that the character 
of local buildings and their contents, and the absence of the narrow streets, high walls and other 



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conditions unfavorable to fire-fighting, which greatly aided to increase the loss at the cities named, all 
tend to justify the confidence which manufacturers, merchants, insurance companies and the citizens 
general repose in the Concord fire department. 

At the Central station there are two second-class Araoskeag steamers and two first-class Amoskeag 
hose carriages ; all these pieces of apparatus being drawn by horses, of which six are always imme- 
•diately available. There is also a hook and ladder wagon, manned by twenty men. At the north end 
is the " Alert Hose," and at the south end the " Good Will Hose," the former company using a 
modern department wagon and the latter a four-wheel Araoskeag carriage. Each house is equipped 
with a swinging harness, and horses are constantly in readiness in adjoining stables. 

In Penacook there is a fourth-class Silsby steamer and a second-class Amoskeag hose carriage ; 
horses are available, but the steamer may be- drawn by hand should circumstances require. At East 
Concord, is the " Old Fort " hand engine and hose company, and in West Concord is a similar 
organiaztion known as the "Cataract" Company. The electric fire-alarm service is wide spread and 
reliable, and a large number of hydrants are distributed throughout the city. 




New Hampshire State's Prison at Concord. 

Concord's Police Department is worthy to be classed with the Fire Department, for although 
happily there is no occasion for it being maintained on anything like so large a scale, still it is amply 
sufficient to meet all demands upon it, and for a city of its population and amount of territory to be 
■covered. Concord is remarkably free from disorder and from crimes against persons and property. 
The efficiency of any police force depends in a great measure upon the public sentiment behind it, 
and as the citizens of Concord, as a whole, are firm believers in the principle "Order is heaven's first 
law," they will not tolerate disorder, and are ready to lend financial and, if necessary, physical aid 
to the police in their efforts to repress it. It is this consciousness of popular support that makes 
Concord's policemen courteous in their dealings with the public, but prompt and fearless in preserving 
order when force is necessary ; while on the other hand those who have a disposition to break the 
law are in many cases restrained by the conviction that they are in a hopeless minority, and by the 
knowledge that the police have only to ask aid in order to get it instantly. A new Police Station of 
brick and stone is now in course of erection at an expense of about $20,000. 



HOTELS. 

Being the State Capital, as well as an important mercantile and manufacturing city, it is natural 
that the hotel accommodations of Concord should be at times heavily drawn upon, and should be 
superior to those available in almost all other cities of no greater population. Among the local 
hotels are the American House, Elm House, Commercial House, and the hotel of the Eagle and 
Phenix Hotel Co. The last named house is located opposite the State House yard, and is a very 



CONCORD AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 15 

commodious and finely equipped structure, it having been rebuilt and newly furnished in 1890 at a 
cost of more than 835,000. It has one hundred and forty rooms, is supplied with elevators, electrical 
appliances and other conveniences, and is a worthy representative of Concord hospitality. All the 
fcotels are well managed, and as a whole cater successfully to all classes of trade ; so it is not claiming 
too much to say that they have done their full share towards building up the favorable sentiment 
with which the city is regarded elsewhere. 

CHURCH, BENEVOLENT, AND FRATERNAL SOCIETIES. 

Although the temporal needs of Concord's residents are excellently provided for, their spiritual 
meeds have by no means been neglected, for the city and suburbs contain many church societies, 
representing all the leading denominations and worshipping in edifices which, with scarcely an 
«xception, are commodious and beautiful, while many have large and convenient chapels connected. 
Among societies in the city proper are the First and South Congregational ; the First Methodist 
Episcopal, and the Baker Memorial Methodist Episcopal ; the First Baptist, Pleasant street Baptist, 
and Free-Will Baptist ; the Universalist ; the Unitarian ; the Episcopal ; the Advent ; and St. 
John's, Roman Catholic. In East Concord there are the Congregational Church and the Episcopal 
Mission ; in West Concord, the Congregational Church ; and in Penacook, the Baptist Church, 
St. John's Catholic Church, and the Episcopal Chapel. There are many regular church-goers among 
Concord's population, and as strangers are cordially welcomed, there is usually a good attendance at 
divine service. 

There are many fraternal and benevolent societies in the city, and the good-natured rivalry 
-which exists between some of them is distinctly beneficial in its effects, as it is never carried to 
€xcess, and does much to stimulate interest in and to increase the membership of organizations which 
•depend upon such increase for the means to carry out their helpful aims. 

The Odd Fellows have a very large membership here, and in 1890 dedicated a handsome and 
commodious building erected at a cost of about $.38,000. The Masonic orders also have beautiful 
rooms, and are in a most flourishing condition, while the Grand Army of the Republic is very strong 
and influential here, as would naturally be imagined by those familiar with Concord's record during 
the Rebellion. E. E. Sturtevant Po.st, No. 2, has its headquarters in the city proper : William I. 
Brown Post, No. 31, at Penacook, and Davis Post, No. 44, at West Concord. 

The Knights of Honor, Knights of Pythias, Ancient Order of United Workmen, Ancient Order 
of Hibernians, and other prominent secret societies, are all well represented. 

The temperance movement has received no little aid from local organizations, for Concord has 
numbered many enthusiastic advocates of temperance among its residents from a very early period 
in its history, and the home societies now number about a dozen, and are very alert and efficient. 

Among those organizations whose membership is limited to professional men, may be mentioned 
the New Hampshire Medical Society, the New Hampshire HomcEopathic Medical Society, the Centre 
District Medical Society, the New Hampshire Dental Society, and the New Hampshire Pharmaceu- 
tical Association. 

There is a Young Men's Christian Association in Concord and another at Penacook. 

The oldest benevolent society in the city is the Concord Female Charitable Society, established 
in 1812. The Concord Female Benevolent Association was organized in 1835, and in 1852 the Rolfe 
and Rumford Asylum for destitute native female children of Concord was founded by the Countess 
of Rumford, it being opened for the reception of inmates in January, 1880. There is an Orphan's 
Home near Millville, and the Odd Fellows Home is situated upon the street leading to that beautiful 
suburb. The New Hampshire Centennial Home for the aged, is another institution which is 
accomplishing great good in its chosen field, and its location is on Pleasant street, opposite the 
grounds of the New Hampshire Asylum. 

There are several Mutual Relief Associations in the city, and there is also the French Canadian 
Society, St. Patrick's Benevolent Society, and other helpful organizations, so that no person, 
whatever his nativity or creed may be, need lack sympathetic help when circumstances render aid 
of some kind essential. 



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PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 

Among Concord's more prominent public buildings, the first which should be mentioned is, of 
course, the State House, which was first occupied by the Leg.slature at the June session in 1819, 
although the building was not entirely completed. Many improvements have been made in it since 
that date, and about a quarter of a century ago it was enlarged at an expense of nearly |200,000, the- 
total cost of the work being paid by the city. The structure is massive and handsome in design and 
stands in the midst of spacious grounds containing many beautiful shade trees. It is built of the 
famous "Concord" granite, the stone being obtained from the^ quarries a little more than a mile 
distant, on the line of the Concord Electric Railway. 



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CoKCOED FROM State House Cupola, looking Northeast. 



The New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane was opened for the reception of patients in the 
latter part of 1842, and during the first seven months seventy-six patients were admitted, the original 
structure being capable of accommodating only ninety-six. New buildings have been added and old 
ones enlarged and improved, until now more than three hundred and fifty patients can be cared for 
without the least crowding. The institution is located in tiie heart of the city, the grounds having an 
area of about one hundred and twenty-five acres and being very highly improved. Special care is- 
taken to make the surroundings and conditions as homelike as possible, and this has long ranked high 
among the model insane asylums of this country. From 1857 to ISSr! it was in charge of Dr. Jesse P. 
Bancroft, and on his resignation the duties of superintendent were taken up by his son. Dr. Charles P. 
Bancroft, who has met with gratifying success in maintaining the high standing of the institution. 

There has been a City Hospital in Concord since October, 1884, and the facilities offered have 
been of great public benefit, although the location and arrangement of the premises utilized have 
interfered somewhat with the efliciency of the service. This condition of affairs, however, will soon 
be a thing of the past, for, thanks to the generosity of George A. Pillsbury and his wife, Margaret, 
Concord will speedily possess a hospital building worthy of being classed with the best of her other 
public edifices. Mr. Pillsbury is a member of the great milling firm so famous throughout the 



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country, and is a resident of Minneapolis, of which city he has been mayor. But he has also been 
mayor of Concord, and he has not allowed his later honors to banish the deep interest he has always 
shown in our city's welfare, a recent proof of this interest being the giving of $30,000 for the erection 
of a city hospital. 

The United States Court House and Post Office building was completed in 1888 at a cost of 
$300,000, and is a very handsome and commodious structure, occupying a most eligible site and being 
very conveniently arranged for the accommodation of the post office. United States courts, pension 
agency, etc. The mail facilities of the city are excellent, the service being frequent, prompt and 
reliable. A very large amount of all classes of mail matter is handled monthly, and the reliability 
and general efficiency of the carrier service are of great benefit to the community in general and 
especially to manufacturers and other business men. 

The Board of Trade Building was completed in 1873, and is now as ever an ornament to the city 
and a monument to the energy, enterprise and foresight of those who provided the money for its 




Chase's Block, North Matn Street. 

erection. Although the board of trade, as an organized body, did not erect the building, nearly all 
the subscribers to the stock were members of the board, and the completion of the structure was 
celebrated by a social festival, held October 20, 1873, under the auspices of that organization. 

White's Opera House is a very popular resort among those seeking diversion in the mimic life 
of the stage, for many prominent dramatic and musical "combinations" appear here during the 
season. The house is conveniently appointed and has seating capacity for nearly one thousand. 

There are other public halls, convenient in location and arrangement, among them being Grand 
Army Hall, Phoenix Hall and Chase's Hall. 



CONVENIENCES. 

The city is lighted by both gas and electricity, both being furnished by the Concord Gas Light 
Company, which was incorporated in 1854 and has a capital of $125,000. Some twenty miles of main 
pipe have been laid and gas is furnished to from 1,200 to 1,500 consumers ; several hundred street 
lamps also being supplied. Electricity is also used for both exterior and interior illumination, and 
the stores along the principal streets present a brilliant appearance after night fall, as nearly all of 
them have great plate-glass show windows, and certainly the goods displayed in them do not suffer 
from lack of abundant light. 



18 CONCORD AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 

Another and most important application of electricity here has to do with the running of street 
cars, for what was the Concord "Horse" Railroad can claim that title no longer, the cars now being 
run by the Thompson-Houston system of electrical appliances — a system which has satisfactorily 
solved the famous "liorse-car problem" in Boston, where it has been adopted by the only street 
railway company and applied to hundreds of cars. The system is even more satisfactory in Concord, 
where the streets are less crowded and the danger of accident greatly lessened, and as "rapid transit" 
is now an accomplished fact, the outlying districts on the company's line may be expected to increase 
in population and wealth more rapidly than ever. This road began running in April, 1881, and has 
considerably more than doubled its rolling stock since that time. The line runs from South Main 
street, or the " South End," through West Concord to Penacook. 

DRAINAGE. 

Many and important as are the hygienic advantages arising from an abundant supply of pure 
■water, they are robbed of much of their effect unless reinforced by a comprehensive and efficient 
system of drainage, and the location of Concord together with the character of the soil is distinctly 
favorable to the easy and wholesome disposition of waste. 

A large amount has been judiciously expended upon sewers and drains, and the present condition 
of the sewerage system is good, the drainage of the city being very efficiently accomplished; but 
further facilities have been rendered necessary by the growth of the community, and as the citizens 
realize that it is most economical to spend money freely in such a cause as this, and to provide for the 
future as well as the present, the city government will undoubtedly provide seasonably for the 
extension and general improvement of the sewerage system as may be required. 

The streets of the city are as a rule, broad, well arranged, and well kept, notably Main street, in 
which the citizens are fully justified in taking pride, for it is the unanimous verdict of strangers, as 
well as residents, that this is without exception the finest business street in New England. It was 
laid out in 1785, and those who defined its limits must have had some conception of the probable 
growth of the community, for the street is of very generous width, even in the heart of the city, 
and can accommodate an enormous amount of traffic without crowding. It is paved, concreted or 
macadamized from end to end and is bordered by an abundance of shade trees, some of them being 
elms of magnificent proportions. 

Concord's sidewalks are on a par with her streets, for they are of exceptionally fine quality, 
nearly all being concreted, as the city is the home of this industry. It is everywhere admitted that 
a first-class concrete walk is far superior to one made of any other material, and the concrete work 
employed in this city is equal to the best noticeable anywhere. The roads about Concord are 
maintained in generally excellent condition, and help materially to make the many picturesque drives 
thoroughly enjoyable. The country adjacent contains many attractive bits of scenery, and some of 
the views are justly entitled to rank among the most pleasant prospects in New England. The towns 
of Dunbarton, Hopkinton, Bow, Pembroke, and others that might be named, are within easy drive, 
and each has a reputation for natural beauty which is added to by the comments of every fresh visitor. 

THE BANKING FACILITIES. 

The magnitude and character of the banking facilities enjoyed by a community form a 
convenient standard by which its position as a mercantile and manufacturing centre may be 
determined, and as a general rule an intelligent judgment made on such a basis is extremely accurate, 
for although in exceptional cases the banks are unworthy of the community, or the community is 
unworthy of the banks, still these exceptions but " prove the rule," for on close investigation it will 
be found that they result from forced and unnatural conditions. The banks as truly re])resent the 
business methods and the mercantile standing of the people on whom they depend for patronage, as 
do the newspapers their intellectual and moral standing, and a people who support first-class 
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and to be enterprising and intelligent in developing natural resources. Hence the high standing of 
<Joncord's banks, although gratifying and commendable, is the necessary consequence of the 
-conditions which gave them birth and which have attended their development to the present time. 

It is nearly eighty-five years since the first banking institution in this city was incorporated, and 
-of course that was long before a city charter was ever thought of, for it was in 1806 — only twenty- 
two years after Concord had changed from a "parish " to a full Hedged "town." But, although only 
a town, it had its conflicting interests as truly as the largest city has, and in spite of the well-earned 
reputation for "concord" of action which had given it its name, its residents showed that they 
-could oppose one another as vigorously and stubbornly as they, united, had fought the Bow 
proprietors. 




Main Street, Concord, looking North. 



There was a " North End " interest and there was a " South End " interest, and after Timothy 
"Walker, William A. Kent, and others, were incorporated " by the name of the President, Directors 
and Company of the Concord Bank," trouble at once arose in consequence of questions of location 
and management. 

Hon. Timothy Walker was the champion of the " Northenders," and Colonel William A. Kent 
-of the "Southenders ;" and as no agreement could be arrived at, each side claiming that its position 
■was clearly the just one, the upshot of the matter was the opening of two banks under the same 
charter, the Upper Bank and the Lower Bank, each of which claimed to be the " only and original 
Simon-pure Concord Bank, and denounced the other as a "base and fraudulent imitation." 

The consequence of their not being able to even " agree to disagree " was ceaseless trouble and 
constant loss to both, for the competition was keen and incessant, and neither institution was very 
delicate in its choice of methods to overcome the other. At one time the Upper Bank forced a run 
upon the Lower, by demanding the redemption in specie of a large number of their bills, of which 
the former institution had secured possession. The Lower Bank kept the ball rolling by instituting 
suits against its rival for issuing bills without legal warrant, the result of this action being a long 
drawn out legal battle to decide which was the lawful Concord Bank. The lawyers profited by the 
■contention if nobody else did, and among those who got a fee out of it was the early and famous legal 



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antagonist of Daniel Webster, Jeremiah Mason. He was retained as cousel for Nehemiah Jones>. 
who had brought suit against Timothy Walker, the indictment in the case containing more than one 
hundred counts, being a sort of "drag-net" affair, covering all the points in dispute and designed 
to surely catch Walker in some of its many ingeniously contrived meshes. So able a lawyer as Masoa 
at once perceived the hopelessness of settling the matter in Court and endeavored to effect a 
compromise. Those at all familiar with his career know that he did not mince his words when, 
circumstances made plain-speaking advisable, and hence will readily accept the tradition which credits 
him with saying, when his client objected to the expense of the proposed settlement : " As you have- 
got into gentlemen's company, you must expect to pay a gentleman's price." 

After the banks ceased persecuting one another, they naturally rose in the esteem and confidence 
of the public, and both did a generally profitable business under the one charter until twenty years- 
had expired, when the Upper Bank secured a new charter under the name of the " Merrimack 
County Bank." The Lower Bank had its charter altered and extended in 1826, and continued 
business until its failure in 1840. 

Such a demoralizing and foolish conflict as that between these two banks would be impossible in> 
the Concord of to-day, for although the interests involved are now vastly greater, and the prize so- 
much the more worth the winning, our financiers, as well as our merchants and manufacturers, rigidly 
discriminate between competition and opposition, and recognize the fact that mutual aid confined to 
legitimate limits is the best policy to be followed by all parties concerned. 

At the present time there are three National and four Savings Banks in Concord, all of which 
are in a sound and prosperous condition, while some among them are exceptionally strong, even ia 
comparison with other leading financial institutions throughout the country. 

As would be supposed from its name, the First National Bank was the pioneer Concord institu- 
tion organized under the national banking laws, although the other two National banks in the city 

had been carried on under State charters for many 
years before the organization of the First 
National Bank in March, 1864. Asa Fowler was. 
the first president, he being succeeded in 1867 by 
George A. Pillsbury, who resigned in 1878 and 
went West, where he was destined to win fame- 
and fortune as a member of the great milling firm,, 
now known throughout this country and England. 
He has had worthy successors in the office of pres- 
ident of the bank, and as the directors have also- 
always been men of ability, it is easy to account, 
for the exceptional prosperity the institution has- 
enjoyed from the start. It has a capital of $150,000 
and an extremely large surplus — so exceptionally 
large in fact that the bank has been reported by 
the comptroller of the currency to have the highest, 
per cent, surplus of any New Hampshire bank. 

The National State Capital Bank was not long- 
behind the First National in beginning operations 
under a national charter, for it was re-organized 
under national banking laws, January 2, 1865, or 
only about ten months after the other institution. 
Its origin as a State bank dates back to 1853, the 
State Capital Bank having been organized January 
26th of that year. The original capital stock was 
$100,000, and this amount was increased one-half 
in 1854, reduced to $120,000 in 1862, and a year 
later reduced to $100,000. 




First National Bank. 



CONCORD AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 



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After the obtaining of a national charter the capital stock remained at 1100,000 only a little 
more than three months', it being increased to $150,000 April 17, 1865. A further increase to $200,000 
•was made May 31, 1872 ; the bonds and right of circulation of Carroll County National Bank, of 
Sandwich, having been purchased. The National State Capital Bank is worthy of its name and 
fltands high in the financial and general business world, by reason of the wise conservatism of its 
management and the efficiency of its service. 




Loan and Trust Savings Bank Building. 



The Mechanicks' National Bank was organized January 3, 1880, but from one point of view may 
be considered the oldest established bank of discount and deposit in the city, for as the Mechanicks' 
Bank it was first incorporated July 5, 1834. The original capital was $100,000, and the charter was 
extended June 22, 1853 ; the bank closing up its affairs in 18(35. At the time business was stopped, 
Josiah Minot acted as president and Charles Minot as cashier, so that when these gentlemen began 
operations as a private banking firm under the style of Minot & Co., in January, 1866, it was in one 
sense a revival of the "Mechanicks"' business, and it steadily continued until its re-organization as 
the Mechanicks' National Bank in 1880. Josiah Minot was the first president of the new institution, and 
was associated on the Board of Directors with John Kimball, John M. Hill, B. A. Kimball, Joseph 



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B. Wallicr and other icpresenlative citizens. This- 
bank has a capital of $350,000, is very strong^ 
financially and enjoys a goodly share of the 
patronage and the confidence of resident business- 
men. ^ 

It is asserted by not a few eminent students 
of public affairs, that the number, importance, 
and condition of the Savings Banks in any given 
section of the country afford an accurate barom- 
eter of the state of industry and trade, besides 
giving valuable hints relating to the personal 
habits of members of the community, and the 
residents of Concord have certainly no reason to 
shrink from the application of such a test ; for 
were not their industries and mercantile enter- 
prises generally prosperous, and the community 
as a whole industrious, thrifty, and profitably- 
employed, the local savings banks could never 
have reached their present development, and 
would not be able to safely challenge coraparisoa 
with a like number of similar institutions any- 
where, catering to no greater population. 

Of the four Concord savings banks the New- 
Hampshire Savings Bank is by far the oldest, it 
having been incorporated away back in 3 830. 
The institution was organized July 21st, of that 
year, and during its sixty years of existence has 
paid its depositors more than one million and a 
half of dollars in regular dividends, and about 
$200,000 in extra dividends ; the rate of interest 
thus far having averaged about four and a half 
per cent. — a very remardable showing considering^ 
the pains the management have always taken to- 
ensure the absolute safety of funds placed with 
them for investment. 
The Merrimack County Savings Bank was incorporated 1867, but was not organized until May 3, 
1870, the first deposit being made June first. Lyman D. Stevens has been president of this bank from 
the beginning, and John Kimball has been treasurer for a like period. The record of this institution 
during the past five years goes far to establish the claim that savings banks accurately indicate the 
degree of prosperity a community is enjoying, for it is an open secret that Concord's representative 
industries have prospered remarkably since 1885, and during that time the deposits in and surplus of 
the Merrimack County Savings Bank have more that doubled, the amount now due depositors 
considerably exceeding a million and a half of dollars, and the surplus approximating $120,000. 

The Loan and Trust Savings Bank was incorporated in June, 1872, and has proved a valuable 
addition to the savings institutions of the city and the State. The amount due depositors lias 
increased to the extent of more than $700,000 during the last five years, and at present approxi- 
mates two and a quarter millions of dollars. The guarantee fund amounts to $100,000 and the 
undivided profits considerably exceed that sum. 

The Union Guaranty Savings Bank is by far the youngest institution of the kind in the city, it 
having been incorporated in 1887, but it is already firmly established in the confidence of the 
community, as it is managed in connection with one of the strongest of New England's financial 
institutions by men of ability an 1 ripe experience. It has a pL'rpetual guarantee fund of $50,000, has 



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already accumulated a surplus of about one-fifth that amount, and now holds deposits amounting 
to about half a million dollars. 

The facilities afforded by the National and the Savings banks of the city are supplemented by 
the admirable service offered by such representative financial houses as those of Crippen, Lawrence 
& Co., E. 11. Rollins & Son, the American Trust Company and others, so that as regards opportunities 
for investment and the many other advantasres arising from a comprehensive and ably conducted 
banking service, Concord stands high among New England cities. 




New Hampshire Asylum foe Insane, Concord. 



THE GRANITE BUSINESS. 

A consideration of Concord's natural advantages must of necessity include the many valuable 
granite quarries there located, for these have long been a very important source of wealth, and yield 
stone of a quality which has made Concord granite the standard by which that from other localities is 
judged. 

The local supply is almost inexhaustible, the large eminence known as Rattlesnake Hill being 
composed almost entirely of granite, while Oak Hill merits a similar description. A large amount 
of capital and many men are employed in the quarrying and working of the stone, and the most 
improved appliances and tools have been universally adopted, reducing the expenses of production 
to a minimum and enabling outside competition to be easily met. The exceptionally comprehensive 
United States census of 1880 included a close investigation by experts of the existing condition and 
future prospects of the quarrying industry, and the results arrived at concerning Concord granite 
are in the highest degree favorable, as will be seen from the necessarily limited quotations from the 
reports of the government agents which follow. 

From a scientific point of view, the sort of stone found in this vicinity is U " massive, gray, 
biotite — muscovite granite." In spite of this formidable description we are told that " it is a 
good, safe, free stone to work and takes a high polish." 



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For commercial purposes it is divided into four classes : No. 1, the best, for monumental work ; 
No. 2, for general building purposes ; No. 3, for underpinning, capping, etc.; No. 4, for foundation 
Btones. 

The Census Commissioners went very deeply into the subject of the durability of granite, and the 
several varieties were closely tested and compared. Granite buildings and monuments throughout the 
country were minutely examined, and from the report made on those located in the City of New York 
we take the following: 

"In the fine-grained granite from Concord, N. H., employed in the building on the southeast 
corner of 23d street and 6th avenue, many of the blocks are set on edge, but the only change yet seen 
is that of discoloration by street dust and iron-oxide from the elevated railway." 




31ai>; Stkeet, luoking Suutii vvMy\ ()i'i;i!a House. 

A complete list of the granite structures throughout the country is given, and a notable proportion 
of these are built of the Concord stone, among such being the Charter Oak Insurance Building, 
Hartford, Ct.; many New York structures, and numerous Boston edifices, as for instance the Security 
Bank, the Masonic Temple, the Herald building, the Life Insurance Building, the Germania Savings 
Bank, the City Hall, Horticultural Hall and others. The monument to the discoverer of anoesthetics» 
in the Boston Public Garden, is also of Concord granite, as is the Soldiers' Monument at Concord, 
Mass., the Cadet Monument in Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, and the Soldiers' Monument in 
Manchester, N. II. 

Of late years granite has become exceedingly popular as a monumental stone, and nearly all 
first-class cemetery work is now made from this material, a use to which the better grades 
of Concord granite is particularly adapted. The demand for it as a building stone is also 
increasing as the country gains in wealth and culture, and the importance of the question of the 
permanence of this demand justifies the giving of space for the answer as it is stated by the 
distinguished scientist, Prof. N. S. Shaler, in the Census Reports of 1880. The report is headed : 
"General Relations of New England Building Stones to the Markets of the United States," and, after 
Btaling in detail tlie important advantages possessed by New England quarries by reason of their 
nearness to tide-water and the effect of the glacial action, which stripped off the cap of decayed rock found 
encumbering <leposits of crystalline rocks in other sections of the country, the report reads as follows : 



CONCORD AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 



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"These two advantages — the neighborhood_2of^the crystalline rocks to the sea, and the absence 
of any worthless, decayed, upper part — will always give the New England rocks of the granitic group 
a very great advantage over those of any other part of the eastern United States. ... It should 
also be noticed that the cost of quarrying granite of good quality is perhaps less than that of any 
■other work of the same general utility, certainly much less than the cost of our other principal 
building stones, so that, for all large structures where rude strength is the only need, quarries of this 
«tone are always likely to be at a great advantage in production. . . . There are no other sources 
of supply of granite that are ever likely to compete with this stone district of New England." 

Prof. Shaler sums up the whole matter as follows : 

" It is quite clear, therefore, that the position of the New England granite quarries is particularly 
favorable, and that they are likely to command the market for a great while in the future." 




.Main .Stkebt, Concorh, at the N(.>ktii Knd. 



MANUFACTURING INTERESTS. 

Most prominent cities, like most prominent men, are many-sided in character — that is to say they 
are dependent upon no one feature for the maintenance of their importance, as that is the result of 
a harmonious combination of characteristics, all of which contribute to the sum total and afford a com- 
mon but striking example of one of our main principles of government, "in union is strength." 

Concord, for instance, is best known to some as the capital of the State ; to others, as a great 
purchasing centre where supplies may be bought to the best possil)le advantage, and to still others as 
the source from which come various manufactured articles, proved by practical test to be the best in 
the market. It is in the last-named capacity — as a leading manufacturing centre — that the city is best 
known outside the limits of New Hampshire, and it is a noteworthy fact of which every public-spirited 
citizen may well be proud, that the representative products of Concord owe their popularity to their 
quality rather than to their "cheapness ;" for it has long been, and is today, the policy of prominent 
local manufacturers to cater to tlie most intelligent trade, and, while giving unsurpassed value for the 
money received, to have that value represented by quality, not by quantity. Name a few of our lead- 
ing products, and see what associations are connected with the list : " Concord Coaches," "Concord 
Axles," "Concord Harness," — what is it that has made these goods well and favorably known through- 



26 CONCORD ASD ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 

out the civilized world ? Not cheapness, but uniform and unequalled excellence. The makers of tbent 
have the experience, the ability, the capital, the mechanical facilities and the skilled assistants neces- 
sary to enable them to attain the best possible i-esults, and to easily meet all honorable competition j 
that they accomplish both these ends, the reputation of and the demand for their products abundantly 
prove. 

The immense business now carried on by the Abbott-Downing Company was founded many years- 
ago, and would have developed even more rapidly than it did had not the founder refused to turn out 
more work than he could personally supervise the construction of. Nowadays, when the magnitude 
and variety of the interests involved make it absolutely necessary to entrust the carrying out of details- 
to subordinates, such a policy as that may seem provincial and old-fashioned, but it indicates a sturdy 
honesty worthy of emulation in any age, and goes far to explain the world-wide fame of the " Concord 
Coach, "^ — a fame as well deserved now as ever. The present company utilize a most elaborate plant 
and employ an extensive force of help in the manufacture of light and heavy vehicles; the goods- 
being shipped to all parts of the world. 

The "Concord Axle Company" was incorporated in 1880, with a capital of $50,000, to manufac- 
ture the original " Concord Axle," and kindred articles. Those having the direction of the company's- 
affairs have been identified with the production of the goods in question since 186.3, and we need 
hardly add that the reputation of the " Concord Axle " has been fully maintained. The factory is- 
located in Penacook, and about seven hundred tons of wagon axles are turned out in the course of a 
year, besides three hundred tons of castings, and other articles. 

It is fitting that a city producing first-class coaches, wagons and carriages, should also produce- 
first-class harness, and the fame of the "Concord Harness" is on a par with that of the Concord 
Coaches and Axles. This harness is now made by the James R. Plill Harness Company, and is known 
and prized throughout the civilized world. Far from depending on past reputation, the present company- 
spare no pains to keep the quality of the product fully up to the standard, while offering many new and 
attractive styles, and the result is to be seen in the steadily growing demand for the goods in this 
country and abroad. James R. Hill, the founder of this business, was a man of great force of char- 
acter and distinguished ability, and literally "worked his way up " until he reached a leading position 
among New England manufacturers. The first shipment of harness to California from the east was 
made by Mr. Plill in 1849, and his enterprise in seeking out foreign markets, even at that early day, is- 
shown by his having made a shipment to Chili in 1853. He had many things to contend with during^ 
his early business career, and met with serious loss by fire, but he had that ability and perseverance 
which command success, and as his capital increased he became interested in various enterprises which 
had such claims upon his attention that he found it inexpedient to retain sole control of his harness 
business, and hence in 1865 the firm of James R. Hill & Co. was formed, and the enterprise continuedi 
under that management until the organization of the present company. 

A representative Concord industry, which, although of quite recent origin when compared with 
that carried on by the James R. Hill Harness Company, has still some eighteen years of prosperity to 
look back upon, is that conducted by the Page Belting Company, incorporated in 1872. This business 
was originally located in Franklin, where it was established by Page Brothers in 1868, and since its 
removal to Concord it has developed with a steadiness and rapidity which indicate that the claims- 
made for this city as a most advantageous point at which to establish important manufacturing 
enterprises, are fully justified by the facts. 

When the company began operations here in 18V2, it had a paid-in capital of $75,000. In 18T3 it 
was increased to $125,000; in 1878 to $200,000 ; and in 1887 to $250,000 — figures which tell their 
own story of the skillful utilization of favorable conditions. The company is authorized to have a 
capital of half a million, and present indications are that that amount will be reached before many 
years, as the demand for the product is apparently unlimited ; customers being found throughout th& 
United States, and an extensive export business being done. Leather belting and lacing are the chief 
productions, an exceptionally complete line being manufactured. The plant covers an area of some 
ten acres, and has sufficient cajpacity to turn out 750 hides for belting and 1,200 sides of lace leather 
per week, employment being given to about 175 men. 



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There are various other prominent manufacturing enterprises which deserve careful consideration^ 
but which, owing to the limitation of space, must be dismissed with mere mention. Among these are 
those conducted by the Holden Manufacturing Company, producing flannels and woolen dress goods ^ 
the Haley Manufacturing Company, making curtain fixtures, skates and other articles ; the Concord 
Carriage Company, producing vehicles of standard excellence ; W. S. Davis & Son, manufacturers of 
wagons, hose trucks and carriages ; the New England Granite Company, doing stone-work for 
monumental and building purposes ; C. M. & A. W. Rolfe, makers of doors, sash, blinds, 
etc.; the Prescott Organ Company, producing instruments having a national reputation; Ford 
&, Kimball and Clapp «fc Co., brass and iron founders ; the Concord Manufacturing Com- 
pany, located at West Concord, and very extensively engaged in the production of all-wool 
flannels and heavy twilled goods ; William B. Durgin, manufacturer of solid silverware ; the Contoo- 
cook Manufacturing and Mechanic Company, located at Penacook, and producing an immense amount 
of print cloths ; the Penacook Mill, carrying on the same business on a still more extensive scale ; 
Stratton, Merrill & Co., located at Penacook, and operating the only Patent Roller Process flour mill 
in New England ; and C. H. Amsden & Co., also of Penacook, and proprietor of the largest furniture 
factory in New England, they using about a quarter of a million feet of lumber per month. 

The above list is by no means complete, and yet it gives some idea of the variety, magnitude andi 
standing of Concord's industries, and their distribution throughout the city and suburbs. 

The Concord & Montreal and Northern Railroads both have well-equipped shops here, at which a 
great deal of repairing and constructing is done. 

THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK. 

The outlook for the various industries located within the city limits is at this time most 
encouraging. For many years the establishments producing the world-famed Concord carriages and 
coaches, and the equally well known Concord harnesses, have given employment to many men. 
These concerns have deservedly won strong positions in the business world, and they have gradually 
grown from small beginnings into large and prosperous enterprises, yielding good profits to their 
owners,, and continuous and remunerative employment to their very large numbers of employees. And 
what may be thus said of these two representative establishments, may with equal justice be applied 
to nearly, if not quite, all the manufactories within the borders of the city, including the most varied 
industries. Although not distinctively a manufacturing city, it produces very considerable quanti- 
ties of flannels, cotton and woolen goods, furniture, carriages, leather belting, axles, pianos and organs,, 
hubs and wheels, shoes, fire hose, brick, hammered and polished granite, wood-working machinery, 
churns, silverware, lumber, and other standard products. 

During the past five years there has been a decided and noticeable increase in the volume of 
business, and many of the articles produced by the skilled vt^orkmen of Concord, find a ready and 
extensive sale throughout the United States and in many foreign countries. This is especially so of 
the goods produced by the Concord Axle Co., the Abbot-Downing Co., the James R. Hill Co., and 
the Page Belting Co., which are known all over the world. 

The railroad facilities are such as to offer great advantages to Concord as a business and manu- 
facturing center, as it is directly on the line of travel between the great Northwest and the commer- 
cial and manufacturing centres of the East, and only two hours ride from Boston. The expenses of 
living are moderate, rents are very reasonable for the accommodations afforded, and the mechanic, the- 
artisan and the day laborer secure all the advantages of the larger cities, with but few of the drawbacks. 

The policy of the city is very favorable to new industries, and toward a reasonable exemptioi* 
from taxation for a term of years, for such enterprises as desire location and would give to the com- 
mercial and manufacturing forces of the city such additions as to make them desirable acquisitions. 

There are still remaining in Concord undeveloped water privileges that aro capable of supplying^ 
power for the employment of thousands of workmen when they shall be utilized by the erection of 
the proper manufacturing plants. But one by one the various mill-sites have been occupied on the- 
Contoocook river, in that part of Concord known as Penacook, and the recent erection of the massive 
stone dam for the use of the woolen mill, now in process of construction in that village, reduces the 



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available sites there remaining so as naturally to turn attention to the Merrimack river. Here 
there are two most excellent water powers, the one at Garvin's Falls being partially developed while 
that at Sewall's Falls will probably be developed at an early day. The Sewall's Falls water power, 
with its adjacent land, is situated only about four miles from the center of the city, and entirely 
within the city limits. It is capable of development so as to readily sustain a population of from 
fifteen to twenty thousand. Contiguous to the Falls there is a large area of land owned by the Water 
Power Company, favorably situated for the erection of manufacturing establishments, and hav- 
ing equally favorable location for building the residences and houses of the hundreds finding employ- 
ment within the establishments erected to utilize the power of the falls. The land has already been 
surveyed and is ready to be staked out for a village which will be one of the most delightfully 




New Dam on the Contoocock River at Penacook. 



situated and healthful in New England. It will have all the advantages of cheap homes, cheap power, 
excellent drainage, and the innumerable advantages which result from such an admirable location. 
Not only can the power at Sewall's Falls be used for the neighboring manufactories, but the recent 
•discoveries in the transmission of power by electricity will make it possible to furnish power at a very 
low rate in the central part of the city. The possible advantages of the unused power at Sewall's 
Falls can scarcely be overestimated, and at no distant day this power is to be utilized, and when 
employed it will bring increase in population, in manufacturing, and in commerce, with all the 
advantages that result from the regular distribution of large sums of money in compensation for 
productive labor. 



CONCORD AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 3» 

The preparation of this brief statement of facts bearing upon Concord's past, present and future, 
has been no easy task, for its very brevity added much to the difficulty of the work by necessitating 
careful selection and close condensation of the immense amount of material available. That the sketch 
as it now stands will give universal satisfaction is not for a moment to be expected, and indeed no one- 
can appreciate more clearly than the writer that it falls far short of perfection and would have been 
more ably done had its preparation been entrusted to abler hands. But he did his best, and asks credit 
for honesty of intention, whatever may have been his errors of judgment. 

This book is assured a very large circulation. It will be read even more generally outside the city 
than it will be in it, and in this hurrying age the systematic condensation which has been practiced in 
its compilation materially adds to its value by ensuring a much more thorough and general reading 
than it would otherwise have received. Primarily intended for business men, it is written from a 
business point of view, and contains much valuable information concerning one of the most enterprising 
cities in New England. The information is valuable, however faulty may be its presentation, and not 
only those living in other sections of the country but many residents of Concord may profit by a 
perusal of the story of New Hampshire's capital. 

Men are prone to close their eyes to opportunities near at hand, and there is not a city in New 
England but what has suffered from this fact. We New Englanders build up the West, the South 
and the Northwest ; we spend money like water to develop the resources of other sections ; we take 
desperate risks in constructing railroads over and through mountain ranges, across miles of uninhabited 
prairie and over broad rivers, that the productions of some far-off city or town may find a market ; we 
sink shafts thousands of feet through the solid rock on the bare chance of extracting paying quantities 
of precious metals ; in short, in a hundred ways we maintain our world-wide reputation for magnificent 
enterprise and business'audacity, and meantime we neglect dear old New England, that kind and 
lavish, if stern-appearing, old mother who gave us birth, who cherishes our friends and our homes, and 
who gives us the enormous sums we so freely spend elsewhere. 

This should not be. "Boom New England," is a good motto if a new one, and its sound sense is 
latterly being appreciated by many of those heavy investors who have enriched other sections without 
profit and often at a serious loss to themselves. The future of New Hampshire in general, and of 
Concord in particular, never looked brighter than now. The brief sketch headed " The Commercial 
and Industrial Outlook," should afford food, not only for thought, but also for congratulation, for it 
sets forth, despite the narrow limits to which it is confined, some of the things which have been and 
are being done to further develop local interests. Its reference to the possibilities offered by the 
electrical transmission of power, opens up a wide field of speculation, for truly, with that wonderful 
agent, "No man knows what a day may bring forth." 

Concord has vast water powers undeveloped, besides those long and profitably utilized ; she has 
pronounced advantages of position, a healthful location, an industrious and law-abiding population, 
numbering nearly 17,000 by the census of 1890, a disposition to cordially welcome and aid deserving 
new enterprises, and an international reputation as a manufacturing center. Surely the development 
so auspiciously begun is but an earnest of what may be expected in the near future, and every man 
living or working, within the broad territory under Concord's jurisdiction owes it to his city, his fam- 
ily, and himself to do all he honorably can to hasten that development and keep Concord in the front 
rank of New England ciiies." 

"And thus shall our beloved town, 
Add to its wealth of old renown 
\ A name for strength and sterling wortli, 

Borne, like her coaclies, round the earth." 



Concord Commercial Club, 



ORGANIZED-SEPTEMBER i8, 1889. 



Officers and Committees 



HOWARD A. DODGE, 
FRANK W. ROLLINS, 
PAUL R. HOLDEN, 



PRESIDENT. 

Hon. EDGAR H. WOODMAN. 

VICE-PRESIDENT. 

GEORGE F. PAGE. 

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT. 

CHARLES H. AMSDEN. 

THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT. 

JAMES H. CHASE. 

TREASURER. 

JOSIAH E. FERNALD. 

SECRETARY. 

AUGUST P. REIN. 



DIRECTORS. 

WILL M. MASON, 
EDSON J. HILL, 
ARTHUR C. SANBORN, 



JAMES C. NORRIS, 
CHARLES E. FOOTE, 
GILES WHEELER. 



Standing Committees. 



GEORGE F. PAGE, 
WILLIAM F. THAYER, 



FRANK W. ROLLINS, 
HENRY W. STEVENS, 



EDSON J. HILL, 



ON NEW INDUSTRIES. 

GEORGE W. ABBOTT. 

ON CITY LMPROVEMENT.S. 



WILLIS D. THOMPSON, 
WILLIAM E. HOOD, 



FERDINAND A. STILLINGS, 
AI B. THOMPSON, 



EDMUND H. BROW^N. 
ON ENTERTAINMENT. 

EDWARD N. PEARSON. 



SOLON A. CARTER, 



CONCORD COMMERCIAL CLUB. 



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Members of Concord Commercial Club. 



STILLMAN HUMPHREY, 
SAMUEL C. EASTMAN, 
OEORGE F. PAGE, 
GRANVILLE P. CONN, 
GEO. D. B. PRESCOTT, 
WARREN K. DAY, 
EDWARD A. JENKS, 
CHARLES S. PARKER, 
LYMAN JACKMAN, 
EDSON J. STILL, 
GEORGE MAIN, 
JAMES H. CHASE, 
FRED'K S. CRAWFORD, 
EDWARD N. PEARSON, 
BENJAMIN C. WHITE, 
ARTHUR C. SANBORN, 
GEORGE H. EMERY, 
WILLIAM F. THAYER, 
EDWARD N. SPENCER, 
JOSIAH E. PERNALD, 
H. M. BRICKETT, 
JOHN C. THORNE, 
WILL M. MASON, 
EDWARD DOW, 
HENRY W. STEVENS, 
LYMAN D. STE\^ENS, 
EDGAR tl. WOODMAN, 
HENRY ROBINSON, 
HENRY O. ADAMS, 
LOUIS J. UFFENHEIMER, 
FRED REED, 
W. A. THOMPSON. 
FRANK W. ROLLINS, 
HARRY H. DUDLEY, 
A. PERLEY FITCH, 
P. B. COGSWELL, 



S. C. MORRILL, 
GEORGE A. CUMMINGS, 

E. B. WOOD WORTH, 

F. A. STILLINGS, 
W. ROBINSON, 
FRANK E. BROWN, 
H. E. CAMBERLIN, 
M. J. PRATT, 
JAMES C. NORRIS, 
THOS. A. PILLSBURY, 
C. H. DAY", 

CHARLES H. MARTIN, 
HENRY J. CRIPPEN, 
CHARLES E. REMICK, 
DAN'L B. DONOVAN, 
JAMES MINOT, 

WM. M. CHASE, 
FRANK S. STREETER, 
OBADIAH MORRILL, 
HARRY G. SARGENT, 
JOHN KIMBALL, 
GILES WHEELER, 
A. R. AYERS, 
WM. E. HOOD, 
JOSEPH T. SLEEPER, 
HOWARD A. DODGE, 
WILLIAM G. CARTER, 
E. B. HUTCHINSON, 
HENRY^ W. CLAPP, 
H. W. FARLEY", 
GEORGE E TODD, 
WILLIS D. THOMPSON, 
A. B. CROSS, 
DAVID D. TAYLOR, 
CHARLES FAIRBANKS, 
T. A. HEATH, 



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GEORGE UNDERHILL, 
WILLIAM P. FISK, 
W. J. AHERN, 
E. W. WILLARD, 
FRANK H. GEORGE, 
O. H. PHELPS, 
GEORGE O. DICKERMAN, 
WARREN CLARK, 
CHARLES H. ALLEN, 
ARTHUR C. STEWART, 
EDSON C. EASTMAN, 
CHARLES R. CORNING, 
V. C. HASTINGS, 
FRANK L. SANDERS, 
J. B. WALKER, 
S. S. KIMBALL, 
JOHN P. GEORGE, 
JOHN C. ORDWAY, 
CHARLES H. AMSDEN, 
JOHN H. PEARSON, 
JOHN F. WEBSTER, 
C. R. ROBINSON, 
W\ G. C. KIMBALL, 
HENRY H. HUSE, 
WILLIAM YEATON, 
IRVING A. WATSON, 
JOHN M. MITCHELL, 
. SOLON A. CARTER, 
GEO. A. BLANCHARD, 
JAMES C. BADGER, 
DAVID E. MURPHY, 
HENRY McFARLAND, 



HENRY W. HAYDEN, 
PAUL R. HOLDEN, 
ADAM P. HOLDEN, 
GEORGE W. ABBOTT, 
CHARLES M. ROLFE, 
EDMUND H. BROWN, 
D. ARTHUR BROWN, 

A. C. ALEXANDER, 
CHARLES E. FOOTE, 
STEWART I. BROWN, 
NATH'L S. GALE, 

B. O. KIMBALL, 
CHARLES T. PAGE, 
ENOCH GERRISH, 
A. B. THOMPSON, 
WOODBURY E. HUNT, 
NATH'L E. MARTIN, 
JOHN F. MOSELEY, 
MOSES HUMPHREY, 
JOHN F. JONES, 

L. DOWNING, Jr., 
G. B. EMMONS, 
THEO. H. FORD, 
PHILIP C. BEAN, 
CHARLES H. SANDERS, 
HIRAM O. MARSH, 
M. W. NIMS, 
GEORGE F. DURGIN, 
THOMAS P. SULLIVAN, 
CHARLES H. BARRETT, 
H. C. BAILEY, 
AUSTIN S. RANNEY. 



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